The Loan Fund for Musical Instruments is a Charitable Trust, set up in 1979.

Registered Charity Number 277909

Our principal objective is to assist young professional musicians to enable them to purchase high quality instruments, appropriate to their careers.

The Loan Fund for Musical Instruments is a Charitable Trust, set up in 1979. The Trustees are the Arts Council England, The Musicians’ Union, The Royal Society of Arts and The Worshipful Company of Musicians. Each of these organisations appoints a Trustee representative to sit upon the Executive Committee. Its principal object is to assist young professional musicians to enable them to purchase high quality instruments, appropriate to their careers, which they would not otherwise be able to afford. A professional musician in this context is one whose main source of income is from public performance.

Although the fund has substantial assets, donations are welcomed from those who wish to support the aims of the Fund.

The Loan Scheme is for professional players under the age of 36 who can show that they have sufficient income to be able to repay the Loan.

The Grant Scheme is designed to help students and young professional musicians from the beginning of their third year of full-time study until two years after the completion of their full-time course.

Preference is given to British Nationals and the Fund is particularly interested in supporting instrument makers resident in the United Kingdom. Awards are not made in respect of electric or electronically controlled instruments.

If you are interested in applying under either of the two schemes please click on the appropriate link above.